100 Days!

PreS-Gr 1–A group of elementary school students celebrates the 100th day of the school year. As many parents and educators alike know, the 100th day of school is a chance to count out 100 buttons, 100 pieces of macaroni, 100 of something, anything, for kids to bring to school. But this newest entry in the familiar and effective “All Are Welcome” series captures the true cause for the school-specific festivity perfectly. The cumulative result of a school year spent in community means 100 days of playing, learning, and growing up together—taken in aggregate, that’s an incredible cause for pride and celebration. Especially for the youngest students—the target audience for this quick read—those days represent the first building blocks of their academic experience, no small thing at all. Penfold’s simple, happy couplets of text are, as in previous picture books, board books, and other easy readers from the series, supported by Kaufman’s rapturously bright illustrations featuring an insistently culturally and ability-inclusive cast of students. In addition to being made for classroom read-aloud sessions, this book has a bright, breezy style that will also appeal to children reading on their own.